Helpful Links for Job-Seekers in Classical Archaeology

A compilation of resources on the internet for those seeking jobs in higher education in the field of classical archaeology.
by Elizabeth Colantoni, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies--Rome

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Women’s Classical Caucus, “Going on the Market Job Manual”

www.wccaucus.org/connolly_jobmarket.pdf
This is an extremely helpful guide to the academic job-seeking experience that is geared toward job candidates in classics.

Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/
The Chronicle of Higher Education website provides a number of resources for job candidates in all fields of higher education. Links of particular interest on the Chronicle of Higher Education website:

  • Job Listings
    http://chronicle.com/jobs/100/
    Listings of position openings are updated continually. Openings in the field of Classical archaeology can often be found listed under Art History, Classics, or Anthropology/Archaeology.
  • Advice Columns and First-Person Narratives
    http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/
    The Chronicle of Higher Education publishes a number of helpful advice columns and first-person accounts for jobseekers and those navigating the transition from graduate school to the professorate.
  • Tools and Resources
    http://chronicle.com/jobs/tools/
    This page contains a number of links to useful resources for job candidates, including advice for putting together a good cv, data on average salaries at different universities, and other information about careers in academia.
  • Forums
    http://chronicle.com/forums/
    The Chronicle of Higher Education sponsors a range of discussion boards, including several that are of interest to academic job-seekers. This is a good place to get advice anonymously on just about any vexing issue encountered in the academic job search.

Famae Volent: An Interactive Website Devoted to the Classics and Archaeology Job Market
http://famaevolent.blogspot.com/
This is another discussion board about the academic job market, in this case devoted entirely to discussion about job searches in the fields of Classics and archaeology.

Places to find academic job postings in Classical archaeology and related fields